James Dean Bradfield: Last News

Manic Street Preachers‘ new album ‘Critical Thinking’ appears to have delayed its release.The upcoming record, originally meant to be released on January 31, is now being shown to be released on February 14 in promotional posters. Previously posters had the date February 7.Fans in the comments section of Facebook have been noticing the delay, and are offering their thoughts.

Manic Street Preachers have announced a huge outdoor UK show for this summer, with support coming from The Charlatans and Ash. Find all the details below.The Welsh band will head out on the road this spring in support of their 15th album ‘Critical Thinking’, which was released last Friday (February 14) and is currently vying for this week’s UK Number One.This morning (February 21), the Manics confirmed that they’ll be taking to the stage at Audley End in Saffron Walden, Essex on Saturday August 2.

Manic Street Preachers have spoken to NME about their song ‘Dear Stephen’, inspired by Morrissey, the road to their new album ‘Critical Thinking’, and how they’re already thinking about their next move.Released today (February 14), the Welsh rock veterans’ acclaimed 15th album was said to be born of “eternal uncertainty, doubt and desire”. Bassist and lyricist Nicky Wire told NME how that allowed for “a different kind of record” to what you may have heard from the Manics before.“Albums are a reflection of where your mind is at – certainly in the Manics’ world,” said Wire.

Manic Street Preachers have dropped the reflective new single ‘Brushstrokes Of Reunion’. Check it out below.Shared today (January 31), the track marks the latest single from the group’s forthcoming album.

Manic Street Preachers have shared their euphoric new single ‘People Ruin Paintings’.The track, which follows previous singles ‘Decline & Fall‘ and the Nicky Wire-fronted ‘Hiding In Plain Sight’ is taken from their forthcoming new album ‘Critical Thinking’.Much like the former, the new single is a rousing widescreen anthem which sees frontman James Dean Bradfield explore the “destruction of truth” as he sings: “People ruin paintings, faces for the view / People destroy the truth.” You can listen to it below.Due for release on January 31, ‘Critical Thinking’ has been described as “a record of opposites colliding – of dialectics trying to find a path of resolution”.“While the music has an effervescence and an elegiac uplift, most of the words deal with the cold analysis of the self, the exception being the three lyrics by James [Dean Bradfield, frontman] which look for and hopefully find answers in people, their memories, language and beliefs,” Wire recently told NME.“The music is energised and at times euphoric. Recording could sometimes be sporadic and isolated, at other times we played live in a band setting, again the opposites making sense with each other.

Manic Street Preachers have returned with their triumphant new single, ‘Decline & Fall’. Check it out below.Having been teased throughout the week, the song comes on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the band’s seminal 1994 album ‘The Holy Bible’, and marks their first new material since 2021’s acclaimed chart-topping 14th album ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament’.The single adopts some of the retro-futuristic ABBA-esque sounds of their previous record met with the arena euphoria of ‘Resistance Is Futile’ and ‘Everything Must Go’ – but driven forward by the Manics’ influences of The Skids, ‘Gran Turismo’-era The Cardigans and The War On Drugs.“Musically with ‘Decline & Fall’ we tried to create forward motion – a song which harnesses the past to propel it into the future – the lyric is one of realisation and understanding – of celebrating the tiny miracles that still exist whilst accepting and embracing managed decline,” said the band of ‘Decline & Fall’.The song was recorded at the band’s Door To The River studio in Newport and the legendary Rockfield Studios in Monmouth, and was produced by regular collaborators Dave Eringa and Loz Williams and mixed by Caesar Edmunds (Beach House, Suede, Wet Leg).The band discussed their upcoming 15th album in an interview with Louder Sound in June, which they described at the time as “90 per cent done” and likely to come out in January or February 2025.“It has a lot of energy, even though I don’t feel particularly energised,” said bassist and lyricist Nicky Wire.

Manic Street Preachers have teased new material with a clip of new music on their social media – check out the snippet and its accompanying visual below.The band captioned the post on Monday (August 26) with the words, “So much for the Decline & Fall’.The 20-second clip features a triumphant, rising guitar riff and frenzied drumming, while the video clip opens with a quote from Welsh poet Dylan Thomas: “The highest hymns of the sun are written in the dark”.The instrumental clip, which stutters with static interruptions, also includes phrases that follow a similar pattern to the caption: “So much for calculations”, “So much for standing tall”, “So much for implications”, before finally concluding with the same words: “So much for the Decline & Fall”. Watch below.A post shared by Manic Street Preachers (@manics)The band discussed their upcoming 15th album in an interview with Louder Sound in June, which they described at the time as “90 per cent done” and likely to come out in January or February 2025.“It has a lot of energy, even though I don’t feel particularly energised,” said bassist and lyricist Nicky Wire.

Manic Street Preachers played their final show of 2021 at Wembley Arena last night (Friday December 3), where they played a cover of The Cult’s classic ‘She Sells Sanctuary’.With a setlist heavy on their 2021 14th studio album ‘The Ultra Vivid Lament‘ – which scored the band their first Number One album in 23 years back in September – the Welsh rock icons also took the time to air a rendition of The Cult’s iconic single from 1985.Introducing the track following a brief acoustic interlude in the set, frontman James Dean Bradfield dedicated their cover to the late, great record producer Steve Brown, who died back in January aged 65.

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